Nose-guard.



L. P. ADT.

NOSE GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11. 1907.

- 935,724. I Patented 0013.5,1909.

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LEO F. AIDT, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

NOSE-GUARD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lno F. AM, of Albany, in the county of Albany andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNose-Guards; and. I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, and to thereference-numerals marked thereon.

This invention relates to nose guards for eyeglasses and particularly tothe type in which there is provided a bearing pad having a yieldingsupplemental pad or nose engaging portion, and it has for an object toprovide a simple and inexpensive construction which will provide anincreased gripping action without injuring the nose.

To this and other ends the invention consists in certain improvementsand combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the endof the specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front view of eyeglasses embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one embodiment of myinvention. Figs. 3 and 1 are two perspective views of another embodimentof my invention, and Fig. 5 is a perspective View of stillanotherembodiment of my invention.

Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate similarparts.

An effective nose guard can be secured by providing a pad having verysmall bearing surfaces, as this will enter the flesh better, but owingto the pressure being confined to a small area, it will injure the nose.In this invention the advantage of a small bearing surface is securedwithout injury to the nose by mounting a relatively yieldingsupplemental pad in such a manner and in such a relation to a mainbearing pad that the former will have sufficient resiliency withoutmaking the eyeglasses cumbersome, and is prevented by the main bearingpad from entering the flesh to too great a degree, preferably by beingsurrounded by the said pad.

The invention, which is susceptible of being embodied in various forms,may be adapted for use with any type of eyeglasses, being herein shownas connected to vertical seats of lens attaching devices 1 which alsoserve for holding the lenses 2 to a spring Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed July 11, 1907.

Patented Oct. 5, 19%}.

Serial No. 383,175.

bridge 3; and it generally comprises a hearing pad, preferably an upperone, having a supplemental bearing pad connected therewith by a loopwhich preferably serves as the lower bearing pad of the nose guard.

The embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is preferably made from flat stockand comprises an upper bearing pad 4: having a perforation 5, and alower bearing pad which is in the form of a loop, preferably made by adownwardly extending arm 6 which bears on the nose and has at its lowerend a bend 7 edgewise of the stock and rearwardly and upwardly in aplane substantially transverse to the plane of the lenses, to providethe resilient arm 9 of the loop; and, as this arm does not engage thenose, it may be made thinner than the nose engaging arm 6. Forming acontinuation of this arm is an arm 10 arranged in the rear of the pad aand having a deflected portion passing through the perforation 5 andcarrying the supplemental bearing bad 11, which is prefe ably made fromthe flat stock. The guard may be attached to the eyeglasses in anysuitable manner, but in the present instance the attaching arm 12extends forwardly and upwardly from a point substantially be tween theupper and the lower bearing pad. lVhen applied to the nose the entiresurface of the upper bearing pad bears thereagainst, around that portionwhich is pressed by the supplemental pad, to counteract the injuriousetfects produced by the latter, while only the forward arm (3 of thelower loop engages the nose.

The embodiment shown in Figs. 3 and 4: is also made from flat stock andhas its upper bearing pad 13 imperforate and its looped lower padconnected therewith by a deflected portion 1 arranged substantiallytransversely to the plane of the bearing faces of the pads and formed byfiatwise bends of the stock at the upper end of the arm 15 of the loop.The resilient arm 16 extends upwardly from arm 1'7 of the loop and infront of the upper bearing-pad and carries the supplemental pad 18 towhich the main hearing pad 13 acts as a stop. An attaching arm 19 maybranch forwardly and upwardly from the guard, as in the otherembodiment.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 5 the upper bearing pad 1 has aperforation 5 as in the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2, while botharms (3 and 9 of the loop are arranged to engage the nose, the arm 6being! more nearly vertical than the arm ('3 of Figs. 1 and 2, and thearm 9 being curved forwardly and having the resilient arm 10 connectedtherewith by a bend 20. The resilient arm is provided with a deflectedportion 10 passing through the perforation 5 and carrying thesupplemental bearing pad 11. In operation this form is the same as theembodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2, except that a different lowernose-engaging surface is secured.

It will be noted that the yielding of the pad is secured withoutweakening the mate rial from which the guard is made and without undulyincreasing the size of the guard, and further, that there is provided aconstruction which may be made from flat stock, thereby securing aninexpensive device.

I claim as my invention:

1. A nose guard comprising an upper bear ing pad, a supplemental padtherefor, and a loop connecting the supplemental pad and the upperbearing pad and extending downwardly with one arm in advance of theother to act as the lower bearing pad.

2. A nose guard comprising a bearing pad, supplemental pad therefor, anda looped bearing pad having one arm connected to the supplemental padand the other arm arranged in advance of the first named arm andconnected to the first named pad.

3. A nose guard comprising an upper bearing pad, a supplemental padtherefor, a

looped lower bearing pad having one arm connected to the supplementalpad and the other arm arranged in advance of the first named arm andconnected to the first named pad, and an attaching arm projectingforwardly from the guard between the upper and lower pad.

at. A. nose guard formed from flat stock and comprising a bearing pad, asupplemental pad therefor, and a loop connecting the bearing pad and thesupplemental bearing pad and formed by bends in the stock in a planesubstantially transverse to the plane of the lenses.

A nose guard formed from fiat stock and comprising an upper bearing pad,a supplemental bearing pad therefor, and a downwardly extending nosebearing loop connecting the supplemental pad and the upper bearing padand formed by edgewise bends in the stock.

6. A nose guard formed from flat stock and comprising an upper bearingpad having a perforation, a looped lower bearing pad having one arm inadvance of the other,

an arm connected to the loop, arranged on the rear of the upper bearingpad and having a deflected portion passing through the perforation, anda supplemental pad carried by the arm.

7. A nose guard formed from flat stock and comprising an upper bearingpad having a perforation, a supplemental bearing pad therefor, a loopedlower bearing pad formed by edgewise bends in the stock transverse tothe plane of the lenses, a resilient arm connected to one arm of theloop and a supplemental pad for the upper bearing pad,

carried by said arm,

LEO F. ADT. lVitnesses CHARLES S. ALnnIoII, L. B. hacX'roN.

